Tag Index: Thomas Beddoes

Beddoes Plaque Unveiling

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With: Mike Jay,
misc-poster-2011
A short "affixing ceremony" to fit a plaque to mark the grave of Thomas Beddoes. Present will be Mike Jay, author of <em>The Atmosphere Of Heaven: The Unnatural Experiments of Dr Beddoes and His Sons of Genius</em> and members of the Beddoes family. There will be gathering at the Rodney Hotel  (4 Rodney Place, Clifton, off Clifton... More →

The Atmosphere of Heaven

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With: Mike Jay,
misc-poster-2010
A Nitrous Oxide fuelled history walk with Mike Jay through Clifton exploring the themes of his new book; Dr Beddoes, the Romantic Poets and laughing Gas. The blurb from his book, which is out in paperback on 28th September, reads thus: At the Pneumatic Institution in Bristol, England, founded in the closing years of the eighteenth century,... More →

The Atmosphere of Heaven: Dr. Beddoes and revolutionary Bristol

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With: Mike Jay,
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Beddoes (1760-1808), a fervent humanitarian and chemist, was inspired by the heady ideals of the French Revolution and the wonders of Nitrous Oxide gas. In Bristol, he gathered a dazzling circle of like-minded artists and scientists who created a grand vision of providing free healthcare to the poor of the south-west. Mike Jay is author of The... More →

Radical Bristol: 1790s

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With: Steve Mills, Mike Jay, Steve Poole,
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The Watchman: Coleridge, Beddoes and the radical 1790s in Bristol - Mike Jay During 1795-6, Bristol's popular protests against Pitt's 'Reign of Terror' were led by two remarkable figures, both recent arrivals in the city: the radical doctor Thomas Beddoes and the young lecturer and poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Together they campaigned against the... More →
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